Diamond Cave, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72641. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parthenon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1933 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mt Judea NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Parthenon quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
56 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Cave between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,589 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Buffalo National River | BISHOP FIRE |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | BUZZARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Cave: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bluff | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Property | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jackpot | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Panther Creek | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| J A Lowry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newton County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pruitt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond Cave in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamond Cave | $10,000 | A barge had part of its roof blown off. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Diamond Cave | - | Water was over the road on Highway 327, 4 miles southeast of Jasper with heavy rain causing a landslide. The landslide let to trees blocking the road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parthenon | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Sherman | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Flatwoods | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Plumlee (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Murray | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wayton | 5.7 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549370 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71383. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









